Hair-waver



G. W. WEAVER.

HAIR WAVER.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.23. 19H.

Patented Mar. 1, 192.

GEORGE W. WEAVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIRJWAVER.

Annlcation filed August 23, 1917.

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Be it known that l, Geenen lV. lVnAviiR, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of. New York, have inade acertain new and useful Invention in Hair-lVaif'ers, of which thefollowing isa specification.

The invention relates to hair wavers.

The object of the invention is to rovide a new vand improved hair waverw ich is simple and durable in construction and effective in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair waver in which alonger or shorter-wave in the haii' may be obtained as desired by theuser.

A further object of the invention is to' provide a hair waver which issanitary anddoes not injure the hair in use.

Further objects ot the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination,location and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fullyhereinafter set forth as shown by the accompanyingdrawing, and finallypointed out by the appended claim.

Referring to the drawing, and to the figures contained therein:

Figure l is an elevation of hair wavcr embodying my invention, the sainebeing represented partly in vertical section.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view of same taken on the line 2 2, Fig. l, andlooking in the direction of the arrows.

The same part is designated by the same reference number wherever itoccurs throughout the several views.

ln accordance with my invention, I provide 'two independent shortsections of flexible non-elastic strands 1 and 2, which are suitablycovered by any desired material such as rubber or the like designated at3. These independent strands areI then twisted together so as to formlongitudinal extending spiral ridges and valleys as shown ini Fig. l.After the two strands are twisted together an outside cover 4 is wovenover or otherwise applied thereto as clearly shown. This outside coveror stocking may be of any desired material, such as braided thread andis wovenor applied thereon with sufficient looseness to permit the twoKinclosed strands to be twisted to form variable Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. il, 1921 serial No. 187,877.

spirals according to the length of wave to be produced in the hair.

rlfhe adjacent ends of the two twisted strands are then covered with anon-metallicand water-proof material, indicated at 5.. One method whichI have found etlicient for accomplishing this, but to which method I donot desire to have my invention restricted is to dip the ends of thetwisted strands into a water-proofing solution and then allowing thesame to harden t ereon. In this way, the end coverings also are appliedover the stocking or covering which is common to both strands, thereby.retaining the ends of the independent strands secured together side byside and avoiding the objecf tion offormingl an enlarged lump whichwould result if a single strand was doubled over itself.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I provide a hair Waver withlongitudinal eX- tending spiral ridges and valleys therein and that whena dampened strand of hair is wound around the same and allowed to remainfora short while, there will be produced a wave in the hair.

It willA also be noted that the length of the wave to -be imparted tothe hair may be varied by simply twisting, more or less, the ends of thehair waver, thereby varying the pitch of the spiral ridges and valleysformed by the twisted strands.

It will further be observed that the novel manner of covering thetwisted strands by a covering common to both of them, after they 'havebeen twisted together provides a smooth exterior surface throughout theentire length of the waver and prevents the loading and accumulation ofdust or dirt in the crevices between the twisted strands, therebyvovercoming the objections of hair wavers which employ merely a coveredwire vdoubled back upon itself and then twisted yis the manner ofcovering the end of the twisted. strand. By the method employed in myinvention the end of the strandsvv are efficiently. protected so as toprevent them from catching in, breaking or injuring the hair.

To use the device, a strand of hair, slightly dampened, is wound aroundthe device. The ende of the device are then bent over to maintain theheir: in position there on. A'ter a short period the device is removed:from the strand of haii? which, when combed out, contains a. wevetherein.

Having thus described the objects and nature of my invention, what claimas new and useful and desife te secure by Letters Extent is:-

A hair Waver, comprising two independent ieziible non-elastic stiendstwisted t0- gether to form a spiral, aV single covering applied oversaid assembled strands to reu tain the same in their twisted positionre1a tive to each other, and to allow the pitch of 15 the spiral to bevaried, and im end covering applied over the ends of the strands to bindthe same together substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 20 GEORGE W. WEAVER..

